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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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